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author catherine@dellzilla
date Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:44:25 -0400
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1 Introduction
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2 ============
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4 SQLPython is a command-line interface to Oracle databases. It is intended as an alternative to Oracle's
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5 SQL\*Plus. For the most part, it can be used the same way SQL\*Plus would be used; this documentation
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6 focuses on the places where SQLPython differs.
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8 SQLPython was created by `Luca Canali <http://canali.web.cern.ch/canali/>_` at CERN. Most new development
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9 has been done by `Catherine Devlin <http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/>_`.
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11 SQLPython is based on the Python standard library's cmd module, and on an extension to it called cmd2.
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13 SQLPython is currently only compatible with Oracle databases. Expanding it to other RDBMS is a dream
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14 for "one fine day". Call it "SQLPython 3000".